The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1887-06-08
An Interview,

Morrill, Goddard ESQ.,, son of Hon. C..
W. Goddard of Portland, and grandson
of the venerable Ex-Governor A. p. Nor
Till, interviewed Hon. J. G. Blaine recent
ly on trip to Bar IIarbor and sent several
columns of the result, to the New York
World. Among other things he said
Il expect to be away about a year.
Mrs, Blaine and my two daughters, Mar
garet and Hattie, will make up the party
/ have engaged staterooms on the German
Lloyds ship Ems, which sails June Sth.
The German ships are good steamers and
are about as fast and comfortable as any,
and Ike them better than the Cunadrs
for the reason that you don't have to 20
down so far into the hull to the state
rooms. We shall stop at Southampton
and go at once to London. We intend to
spend a considerable time travelling
through Great Britain. After England,
we will probably go into Scotland and
Ireland. Then, think, we shall spend a
time in Germany and then take France.
BY this time it will probably be getting so
late in the year that Spain and Italy will
be comfortable. We intend to make a
tour through both of these countries, and
mean. We will probably make long visits
in Rome and Greece, perhaps stop brief
time in Constantinople and visit the
scenes of the recent earthquakes in the
south of France and adjoining portions
of Italy,"
When questioned about health, Mr..
Blaine secuted the idea that he was going
to Europe for his health and said that his
recent sickness on his western trip was
nothing more than a cold brought on by
sudden changes of air. Said he, II have
in fact been singularly free from sickness.
l have hardly had sick day in my life,
never at any time serious, and never had
any organtic trouble of any kind"
In the course of the conversation Mr..
Blaine referred to his book and the work
of the last campaign. He spoke of his
having found all the rest he needed in a
summer at his cottage, and that the view
and the ozone were enough of tonic for
any man. In this connection Mr. Blaine
said:
81 found in making my out-of-door
speeches on my western trip that the
fresh sir greatly supported me. There
was much less fatigue speaking outdoors
than in hall. l suppose all the public
speakers find this so. As | told you; |
made 4S6 speeches in six weeks, and had
little time for rest or for preparation. /
had lot of correspondents with me all
the time and in all these speeches never
had one pick me up on word, nor say
a thing that could be used against me.
And then at the last moment it was all
oyerthrown by something some one else
said"
Did you hear the famous words of DIR.
Burchard2"
mo, didn't hear what he said. But
the reporters heard it and next day every
paper in the county had it of course.
But as matter of fact, did not hear it
myself. Why, out in Indiana they had it
that said it-oh, yes, it went all over
the State in that way. In good many
places in the west they had slips of paper
printed with Read what Mr. Blaine says
on them, and distributed them in front of
the churches on Sunday. That is what
lost me the election. You know of
course, how close it was. Well, in New
York city alone it lost me several thou
sand votes-a good deal more than
enough to have carried the State. | have
never felt sure that was not elected. 1t
was matter of less than six hundred
votes to have turned New York the other
way When it is as close as that there
can be no certainty which one of us really
got the most votes"